KVR Audio

sprnva · Post by **sprnva** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:07 pm

Hooj wrote:
jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!
8-track!

I prefer lossless formats when I can get them. I can always re-encode them down to aac for my phone when needed.

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:28 pm

I bought a couple of vinyl pieces last year but I can't remember buying a CD in the last 5 yrs.
I'm pretty pleased with the modest 9.95 per month on Spotify, I listen on my computers / iPhone and run Bluetooth from the phone to either my stereo system at home or in my car. Pandora was far less satisfying in both selection of artists and the repetitive-ness of the radio channels.

peace

egbert101 · Post by **egbert101** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:48 pm

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:47 pm

I bought a John Scofield CD for 95¢ in Rasputin's recently. That's my economy. Also probably a sign.
OTOH they had a rich bin of Zappa CDs, albeit many were bootlegs.

Firebird · Post by **Firebird** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 7:31 pm

Over the years I have spent an insane amount of money on music.
Now, its mostly just spotify.

I am sure many of us no longer spend as much on music.

How does the "industry" survive?

Jace-BeOS · Post by **Jace-BeOS** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:10 pm

Firebird wrote:Over the years I have spent an insane amount of money on music.
Now, its mostly just spotify.

I am sure many of us no longer spend as much on music.

How does the "industry" survive?

I don't spend as much on music only because I'm poor. I stick with certain artists as they release new stuff, though.

I still buy CDs (as mentioned in my prior post), when my favorite musicians bother to release on CD. I don't subscribe to anything. I hate subscriptions and I want to own copies of stuff I like (preferably with liner notes and album art).

The industry survives by doing what it always has: screw the artists, screw the consumers, and make as much profit as possible on licensing as much bulk garbage as possible and selling advertising slots. Only a few lucky artists live on this business, which isn't much different from how it was before.

Funkybot's Evil Twin · Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:37 pm

CodeTen wrote:OK...i'm gonna show my age here...but what is considered the best format these days for buying new albums/updating my ageing CD collection ?...I dont want to invest in more CD's as I think they are pretty much obsolete these days (so my teenage kids tell me) even though they are still my favorite format for my front room listening pleasure .
Thanks for any help.
regards

If you like CD's, buy CD's. I do. You can then rip them to a digital format like MP3 or FLAC (lossless) once you've got the disc then have the best of both worlds. As of late, I've been re-ripping my entire CD collection to FLAC (was previously MP3) as hard drive space is cheap and I can just stream the FLACs from a Plex server.

Here's my current approach:

1. Buy CD's for albums I like (demo on Spotify if unsure). That way, I've always got the CD's and can pop one into my blu-ray player whenever for listening around the house. Then...

2. Rip the CD's to FLAC. That way, I've got a lossless digital copy I can listen to on my computer or through my home entertainment system (via the Plex server) without needing to worry about the media, and...

3. Spotify for on the go listening (car, work, etc.) and checking out new bands/albums before committing to a CD purchase.

If I really like an album and also think it'll sound particularly good on vinyl I'll even pick up the LP just to have that option too.

SampleScience · Post by **SampleScience** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:32 pm

I used to buy mp3s on Bandcamp, iTunes, etc. but after my hard drive crashed recently I've gone back to CDs. On high quality headphones the sound is better than 320kps mp3s and I don't have to waste hard drive space with music. I already need a lot of hard drive room for my own sample based plugins and video editing projects, the more space I can save the better!

I even listen to my good old CD player now and I find the music much more enjoyable on it than on my iPhone. It's probably the Panasonic bass boost/EQ circuit that makes the difference, not so much the CD format itself (except for higher frequencies that gets roll off by mp3 encoding).

Also, I really enjoy the physical backup of having the CDs + they are super cheap in thrift stores, most albums I'll buy are 2$, no taxes charged. I bought a CD polishing/repair machine, works really well in making the CDs "new" again.

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:37 pm

Hooj wrote:
jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!
8-track!

DAT

garryknight · Post by **garryknight** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 9:43 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:
Hooj wrote:
jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!
8-track!
DAT

Dis

deastman · Post by **deastman** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 10:59 pm

Hooj wrote:
jancivil wrote:
Vinyl
cassette tape!
8-track!

Edison cylinders!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Sun Sep 10, 2017 11:06 pm

Daags · Post by **Daags** » Mon Sep 11, 2017 12:29 am

Digital: FLAC or WAV
Physical: Vinyl

what's to discuss ?

Best format to buy music...